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Litsea glutinosa

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Litsea glutinosa. See image source here.

#282 They called me Litsea glutinosa, also known as Tetranthera roxburghii, Litsea involucrata var. fernandezii, Litsea thwaitesii, and Litsea brassii. I pay homage to the male botanists William Roxburgh, Fernandez (I couldn’t find his records), Thwaites (I couldn’t find his records), and Brass (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1911.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, and Western Australia.

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Cordia dichotoma

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Cordia dichotoma. See image source here.

#278 They called me Cordia dichotoma, also known as Cordia brownii, Lithocardium griffithii, Cordia griffithii, Cordia wallichii, and Cordia obliqua var. wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanists William Griffith, George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich, and Robert Brown, Clair Alan Brown, Nicholas Edward Brown, Addison Brown, Andrew Phillip Brown, or William Brown. They first catalogued me in 1786.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya, and Western Australia.

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Alstonia scholaris

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Alstonia scholaris. See image source here.

#271 They called me Alstonia scholaris, also known as Alstonia kurzii. I pay homage to the male botanist Hermann Kurz, Holger Willibald Kurz, Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz, or Albert Kurz. They first catalogued me in 1810.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, and Western Australia.